Has the veil finally been lifted on Labor’s proposed tax changes? I was invited to Canberra this month (February) to join a round table discussion with the PM, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, and other property heavyweights including Yellow Brick Road, hedge fund VGI Partners Global Investments, REIA, the Master Builders Association, the Urban Development Institute…
What are the most unproductive 9 minutes of your day? It’s no secret. It’s the snooze button. Did you see that coming? Probably. But we’re not done yet. I’m going to explain why the snooze button is so unproductive, and how to actually snooze productively. Yes, it’s possible to hit the snooze button, and not be…
Being located in a school catchment area can make a massive difference to a property’s value. Clearly some people are prepared to pay a significant premium according to new REIV data which shows that homes located within the catchment area for some of Melbourne’s best public primary and secondary schools are fetching over $400,000 compared to…
Times are tough in the property market and they are about to get tougher if Labor’s proposed taxation changes go ahead, so where are the riskiest areas to invest in 2019? RiskWise Property Research has compiled a list of the Top 10 Danger Zones throughout Australia, identifying areas with a large stock of off-the-plan units,…
No one likes paying more tax. Now I recognise that I have to pay my fair share of tax, and in fact I do, but I recently realised that if Bill Shorten becomes our next Prime Minister millions of Australians will have to pay higher taxes. And he’s not just after “greedy property investors.” If…
Have you noticed how some people seem to succeed in most things they attempt…and others just don’t? Have you wondered how these successful business people, entrepreneurs or business people do it? My good friend and best selling author Tom Corley spent 5 years studying the daily habits of the rich and the poor and wrote a…
What goes up, as they say, must come down. And segments of Australia’s property market are now in the slump phase of their cycle, catching out some naïve investors who hoped the value of their properties would rise forever. This means you will probably lose money in this property downturn Now hear me out. I’m…
When asked about his greatest errors in investing, Warren Buffett could have given a number of responses. Famously he made a number of investments over the years which just didn’t work out as he’d planned. Sometimes this was due to acquiring businesses (or management teams) that he was unable to turn around, and on other…
No one wants to buy at the peak of the property market! Imagine if you buy a property and then a month later property values fall and it takes more than 2 years to recover to the amount you paid for it. That two years of holding costs (interest) for no gain. Would you kick…
Labor is going into the election promising to tax capital gains more heavily. Depending on who you listen to, it’ll either hit the very highest of earners, or middle earners – people such as teachers and nurses. The same critics have claimed different things at different times. The truth is even stranger. In part because…
